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| 14829174475 | Psychology | the scientific study of mind and behavior | 0 | |
| 14829174476 | basic research | research that reflects the quest for knowledge purely for its own sake | 1 | |
| 14829174477 | applied research | research that is designed to solve specific problems | 2 | |
| 14829174478 | Mind-body dualism: | The belief that the mind is a spiritual entity not subject to physical laws that govern the body | 3 | |
| 14829174479 | Monism: | The idea that the mind and body are one and the mind is not a separate spiritual entity | 4 | |
| 14829174480 | British empiricism: | The concept that all ideas and knowledge are gained empirically-that is, through the senses | 5 | |
| 14829174481 | Structuralism: | The analysis of the mind in terms of its basic elements | 6 | |
| 14829174482 | Functionalism: | A school of thought that holds that psychology should study the functions of consciousness rather than its structure | 7 | |
| 14829174483 | Psychodynamic perspective: | A perspective that searches for the causes of behavior within the inner workings of our personality; emphasizes the role of unconscious processes | 8 | |
| 14829174484 | Psychoanalysis: | The analysis of internal and primarily unconscious psychological forces | 9 | |
| 14829174485 | Defense mechanism: | Psychological techniques that help us cope with anxiety and the pain of traumatic experiences | 10 | |
| 14829174486 | Object relations theories: | Theories that focus on how early experiences with caregivers shape the views that people form of themselves and others | 11 | |
| 14829174487 | Bebavioral perspective: | A perspective that focuses on the tole of the external environment in governong our actions | 12 | |
| 14829174488 | Behaviorism: | A school of thougbt that emphasizes environmental control of behavior through learning | 13 | |
| 14829174489 | Cognitive behaviorism: | An idea that proposes that learning experiances and the environment influence our expectations and other thoughts, and that in turn, our thoughts influence how we behave | 14 | |
| 14829174490 | psychology movement: | ositive psychology and optimal living Movement that emphasizes the study of human strengths, fulfillment, and optimal living | 15 | |
| 14829174491 | Cognitive perspective: | movement that emphasizes the study of human strength fulfillment and optimal living. | 16 | |
| 14829174492 | Gestalt psychology | The school of thought that examines how elements of experience are organized into wholes | 17 | |
| 14829174493 | Cognitive psychology | A school of thought that focuses on the study of mental processes | 18 | |
| 14829174494 | Cognitive neuroscience | An area of psychology that uses sophisticated electrical recording in brain imaging techniques to examine brain activity as people engage in cognitive tasks | 19 | |
| 14829174495 | Social constructivism | If you point that maintains that what we consider reality is largely our own mental creation | 20 | |
| 14829174496 | Socio-cultural perspective | perspective that examines how social environment and cultural learning influence our behavior thoughts and feelings | 21 | |
| 14829174497 | Norms | Rules that specify what behavior is acceptable and expected for members of a group | 22 | |
| 14829174498 | Socialization | The process by which culture is transmitted to new members and internalized by them | 23 | |
| 14829174499 | Cultural psychology | psychology that explores how culture is transmitted to its members and examines psychologicalpsychological similarities and differences that occur among people from diverse cultures | 24 | |
| 14829174500 | individualism | And emphasis on personal goals and self identity based primarily on one's own attributes and achievements | 25 | |
| 14829174501 | Collectivism | idea in which individual goals are subordinated to those of the group and personal identity is defined largely by the ties that bind one to the extended family and other social groups | 26 | |
| 14829174502 | Biological perspective | Perspective that examines how brain processes and other bodily functions regulate behavior | 27 | |
| 14829174503 | Behavioral neuroscience/physiological psychology | psychology that examines brain processes and other physiological functions that underlie our behavior sensory experiences, emotions and thoughts | 28 | |
| 14829174504 | Neurotransmitters | Chemicals released by nerve cells that allow them to communicate with one another | 29 | |
| 14829174505 | Behavior genetics | The study of how behavioral tendencies are influenced by genetic factors | 30 | |
| 14829174506 | Natural selection | Darwins thought process specifying that if an inherited trait gives certain members an advantage over others, these members will be more likely than other members to survive and pass these characteristics onto their offspring. | 31 | |
| 14829174507 | Evolutionary psychology | Psychology that seeks to explain how evolution shaped modern human behavior | 32 | |
| 14829174508 | Interaction | The way in which one factor influences behavior depends on the presence of another factor | 33 | |
| 14944479597 | Robbers Cave Experiment | They shipped kids off to a camp and separated them into two groups. These two groups hated eachother, but once a common goal that made them work together was introduced, they got along. | 34 | |
| 14944479598 | jigsaw classroom | A classroom setting designed to reduce prejudice and raise the self-esteem of children by placing them in small, desegregated groups and making each child dependent on the other children in the group to learn the course material and do well in the class | 35 | |
| 14944479599 | 5 goals of psychology | observe, describe, explain, predict, control | 36 | |
| 14944479600 | levels of analysis | the differing complementary views for analyzing any given phenomenon | 37 | |
| 14944479601 | Mind-Body Interaction | A relationship between psychological stressors and the physiologic stress response. | 38 | |
| 14944479602 | Rene Descartes | proposed that mind and body interact through the pineal gland in brain | 39 | |
| 14944479603 | Thomas Hobbes | believed mental events were simply a product of physical events in the brain | 40 | |
| 14944479604 | Wilhelm Wundt | german physiologist who founded psychology as a formal science; opened first psychology research laboratory in 1879 | 41 | |
| 14944479605 | Edward Titchener | Student of Wilhelm Wundt; founder of Structuralist school of psychology. | 42 | |
| 14944479606 | Pavlov's experiment | classical conditioning experiment, making a dog associate the sound of a ringing bell to that of food - making the dog salivate at the sound | 43 | |
| 14944479607 | Edward Thorndike | behaviorism; Law of Effect-relationship between behavior and consequence | 44 | |
| 14944479608 | John B. Watson | behaviorism; emphasis on external behaviors of people and their reactions on a given situation; famous for Little Albert study in which baby was taught to fear a white rat (believed humans were products of environment) | 45 | |
| 14944479609 | B.F. Skinner | Behaviorist that developed the theory of operant conditioning by training pigeons and rats | 46 | |
| 14944479610 | Carl Rodgers | pioneered study of psychotherapy | 47 | |
| 14944479611 | Hermann Ebbinghaus | the first person to study memory scientifically and systematically; used nonsense syllables and recorded how many times he had to study a list to remember it well | 48 | |
| 14944479612 | Neil Miller and John Dollard | reasearched how culture shapes behavior | 49 | |
| 14944479613 | Karl Lashley and Donald Hebb | Studied brains role in learning | 50 |
